The vast majority of MMOs don’t even celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, which means that Skyforge marking the occasion would already mean that it was doing something special. But it also gives players a shot at a shamrock-themed hoverboard you can ride around upon, thus taking things to the next level in terms of rewards. Your move, other games who want to celebrate another holiday. Your move.

How do you get this ride? Well, you kill bosses in adventures to pick up Ether Clovers between today and March 19th. It takes 350 clovers to pick up the hoverboard, but there are a number of lesser rewards you can also buy if you already have the board or just don’t really want it for some reason. You’ve only got a little time, so if you’re eager to get the signature reward you might want to get in and get playing quickly.

If that’s not enough for you, it might behoove you to take a look at the odd disappearance of the floral goddess Tessa. A researcher and the source of ether resonators that offered the warring deities of the world all sorts of opportunities, she vanished without a trace and left people wondering where she went. You can, of course, catch up on this in video format below; it sounds like a plot hook for the future if we’ve ever heard one.

The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some of it gets backlogged. That’s why there’s The MOP Up: a weekly compilation of smaller MMO stories and videos that you won’t want to miss. Seen any good MMO news? Hit us up through our tips line!

The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some of it gets backlogged. That’s why there’s The MOP Up: a weekly compilation of smaller MMO stories and videos that you won’t want to miss. Seen any good MMO news? Hit us up through our tips line!

Is your Valentine’s day about love, friendship, or free candy from mom? In MMORPGs, it’s about questing, murder, and free loot! So, yeah, kinda the same. Enjoy Massively OP’s guide to this very pink not-a-holiday across the MMORPG genre – and some not-quite-MMOs too!

The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some of it gets backlogged. That’s why there’s The MOP Up: a weekly compilation of smaller MMO stories and videos that you won’t want to miss. Seen any good MMO news? Hit us up through our tips line!

The player community in Skyforge need people who speak not with the voice of the powers that be, but also not quite with the voice of the average player. People to serve as an important communication bridge between the development team and the average player. To summarize, the team is looking for more Elder Guardians, and they want you.

Assuming, of course, that you are a well-known member of the community with a level head and a history of contribution to the game’s fanbase. If you don’t even play the game, it might be more of a general “you.”

The position of Elder Guardian is strictly a volunteer position, but you do get a special title and the chance to relay communication to and from the development team. It’s sort of like a volunteer group of community managers, in other words. If that sounds like something you’d enjoy doing, feel free to throw your hat into the ring.

Achievements! They’re how you track your overall progress through the game, see how many bizarre things you’ve accomplished, and sometimes even earn some fun stuff along the way. So that’s all good. And they’re coming to Skyforge soon, so you can start grabbing some achievements and possibly investigating corners of the game you’ve never had reason to dive into. Or you can quantify your accomplishments as a player based on the stuff you’ve already done, one or the other.

But how can you be sure that the achievements will cover everything important? The answer is that you can’t be sure, but you can take part in the new contest to come up with achievements and send them in. Winners get Argents, special headpieces, and the respect of their peers… by having the achievements added into the game when the system goes live. Although we suspect “win the contest to have an achievement added to the game” is not going to win or be added.

Memo to Skyforge: It is acceptable to have up to one (1) decimal point in your patch designation. When you call it “Update 0.96.5.25,” it’s too far. We’re genuinely curious if you’re just delivering a URL instead.

Anyway, in Skyforge’s Update 0.96.whatever, the devs made a pretty big change to its so-called Indispensable Assistant: “It now enhances healing orbs and emblems. However, it only pulls them towards you without automatically activating them. Given how impactful the changes are, we have withdrawn the module from everybody and reimbursed its cost.”

In whole number news, the fourth season of the game’s Pantheon Wars is getting ready to kick off on February 4th. One big change-up this season is that restrictions are being lifted in the Central Temple Complex, allowing players to use any and all abilities at their disposal in these fights.

With releases on Steam, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4, Skyforge has had a tremendously busy 2017. The team took a short breather this past week to list its accomplishments over the year, including the addition of the Revenant class, equipment system, and a trip to the moon.

But what’s coming in 2018? According to the producer’s letter, players should expect a bigger focus on PvP improvements, a reworked interface, and cross-platform patches.

“For 2018 we want to find ways to provide the big updates we have planned (so updates that introduce actual content and features, next to the usual bug fixing and monetisation updates) can be released on all platforms at the same time,” the team said. “This will mean that our development team can better focus on the content they are developing right now, rather than having to support three different content states. More focus will mean better content, fewer bugs and faster delivery.”

In Skyforge, the player characters are deities, and they have to save everyone from everything. That is their lot in life. You’ve no doubt saved people from aliens, saved places from invasion, and saved coupons from being wasted unnecessarily at shopping centers. Now you can also be sure to save Christmas, or the nearest approximation thereof, with the winter events running in the game right now. Attire, boosters, and all the rest await you. (Also snowballs, most likely.)

The game is also running its annual advent calendar, offering daily rewards for players and a larger meta-reward for those who continually check back in. Plus, the game is kicking off sales starting on December 20th, starting with the Knowledge of Enemies sale before moving on to the Hall of Trophies sale and ending with a Celestial Blockbuster sale. (And if you think several of those sound like good band names, well, go start a band.) So there are lots of reasons to feel festive in the game, even if your character Ronald has had less luck with “Ronaldmas” as this year’s holiday.

Let’s not mince words: You’re going to see lots of updates this month that are all about red suits with white fur linings, snow, green pine trees festooned with ornaments, that sort of stuff. But not in Skyforge on the PlayStation 4, no. There it’s demon time. The game just launched its Demonic Dawn update, and that means fighting demons infected by the sickness out of space, which is also infecting space itself, led by the evil Nihaz.

As is so often the case in Skyforge, you’ll be fighting to push back the demonic invaders on multiple fronts, eventually running through a 10-player instance to take on Nihaz directly and send him and his demonic space-virus from space forces back to where they came from. (Which, again, is space.) Check out a video for the update just below. You might think that all of this space virus stuff is a bit silly, but hey, at least it’s not another update full of reindeer.

On this week’s show, Justin and Bree get crazy into minimaps, probably more than you’ve ever heard a podcast talk about the subject. Trust us, it’s a good thing. As the year races to a close, there’s a lot to talk about with new patches, land for sale, the cost of making games, and more!

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